Live Policy 2015-18 Purpose of this paper This paper contains all the live policy for the Womens Campaign as agreed by Womens students’ Conference 2015, 2016 and 2017. Policy agreed in 2015 will expire at conference 2018. Policy Lapse Policy Lapses in 2 circumstances 1. If a subsequent policy over-rides it. 2. After 3 years unless Women’s Conference votes to renew it. Policy passed at Women’s Conference 2014 will lapse at the end of Women’s Conference 2017. What you need to do If you are considering submitting policy to Women’s Conference you should first check whether any policy is currently ‘live’ for that issue and whether you need to change the National Union’s current stance on that area of work. If you require this document in an alternative format contact [email protected] Contents Motion 101: End Transphobia, Biphobia and Islamophobia on Campus .............................................. 5 Motion 102: The rent is too damn high! ........................................................................................ 5 Motion 103: Standing up for LGBT student sex workers, supporting the decriminalisation of sex work .. 6 Motion 104: Dear White Gay Men: Stop Appropriating Black Women ................................................ 8 Motion 201: A cut above the rest: LGBTQ people and austerity ........................................................ 8 Motion 202: Actively Fighting For LGBTQIA+ Asylum Rights .......................................................... 10 Motion 203: Blood should save lives, not restrict them ................................................................. 11 Motion 204: International Solidarity: Rainbow International Campaign/Fund ................................... 12 Motion 205: That institutional homophobia goes beyond the Blood Service ...................................... 12 Motion 206: Trans Reproductive Rights Now! ............................................................................... 12 Motion 207: European Solidarity ................................................................................................ 13 Motion 208: End the whitewashing of the Stonewall Riots ............................................................. 14 Motion 209: Government healthcare cuts .................................................................................... 15 Motion 210: Say No to Pinkwashing ............................................................................................ 16 Motion 211: Playing Against Discrimination ................................................................................. 16 Motion 212: Let TPoC lead TDoR events ...................................................................................... 17 Motion 301: LGBT+ Training for Psychological Therapies Students ................................................. 19 Motion 302: Liberate our curricula .............................................................................................. 20 Motion 303: Free Education for all .............................................................................................. 21 Motion 304: Screening for criminals doesn’t protect students ........................................................ 22 Motion 401: Black Rep on every LGBT Committee ........................................................................ 23 Motion 402: Putting pronouns on the cards ................................................................................. 24 Motion 403: QTIPOC Representation in LGBT History Month .......................................................... 25 Motion 404: Support LGBT societies and officers .......................................................................... 25 Motion 405: Ensuring LGBT*+ support of non-binary students* ..................................................... 26 Motion 406: Cost of Conferencing .............................................................................................. 26 Motion 407: “Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things.” ........................................... 27 Motion 408: Stonewall United Manifesto ...................................................................................... 28 Motion 501: Creation of a dedicated Trans Conference .................................................................. 29 Motion 503: Creating a Black student Rep on the NUS LGBT Steering ............................................. 30 Motion 504: Gender and Sexual Diversity and A Plus for Inclusivity ................................................ 30 Motion 101 | Amendment to Standing Orders .............................................................................. 32 Motion 102 | FE and HE academic system name & title change ...................................................... 33 2 Motion 103 | Trans and Non-Binary Awareness in the Classroom ................................................... 34 Motion 104 | Encourage the addition of a Gender Identity Clinic in Wales ........................................ 34 Motion 105 | Taking Direct Action for Healthcare .......................................................................... 35 Motion 106 | My identity is not your business .............................................................................. 35 Motion 107 | Add gender-neutral toilet and changing room facilities to all FE and HE institutions ....... 36 Motion 108 | Hate has no place on campuses .............................................................................. 36 Motion 109 | A full time paid NUS Trans Officer and an autonomous NUS Trans Liberation Campaign . 38 Motion 110 | Introduce a trans-inclusive sports policy to all HE and FE institutions ........................... 38 Motion 111 | Supporting SU Officers and activists opposing transphobia ......................................... 40 Motion 112 | Pronouns Introduction Policy .................................................................................. 40 Emergency Motion 1 | No Women in Men’s Prisons ....................................................................... 41 Emergency Motion 2 | Support for Trans Student Victims of Natural Disasters at home ..................... 41 Motion 201: Estrangement should be high on the agenda ............................................................. 42 Motion 202: LGBT+ survivor support .......................................................................................... 43 Motion 203: International Students and NUS LGBT+ campaign ...................................................... 44 Motion 204: Policy change to NHS system to Transgender transition treatment ............................... 44 Motion 205: Housing for All ....................................................................................................... 45 Motion 206: Mental Health ........................................................................................................ 46 Motion 207: A Nationwide Trans Map .......................................................................................... 47 Motion 208: Psychology: Including those most at risk ................................................................... 48 Motion 209: Tampons are indeed very taxing .............................................................................. 49 Motion 210: A is for Ace not Ally ................................................................................................ 49 Motion 211: Support for Trans student of natural disasters at home ............................................... 50 Motion 101: A full time paid NUS Trans Officer and an autonomous NUS Trans Liberation Campaign .. 50 Motion 102: Recognising the Black LGBT Subcommittee ............................................................... 51 Motion 103: An Ace Rep for the LGBT+ Committee ...................................................................... 52 Motion 104: Developing Intersex Inclusion and Representation within our Liberation Movement ........ 52 Motion 105: NB Spaces ............................................................................................................. 53 Motion 501: Stopping the Scrapping of Maintenance Grants .......................................................... 54 Motion 502: Bursary or Bust ...................................................................................................... 55 Motion 503: No to the Marketisation of Education ........................................................................ 55 Motion 504: Pride and Prejudice in Education .............................................................................. 56 Motion 505: Dear cis straight academics, stop erasing my identity ................................................. 57 Motion 506: A Better Future for Mental Health Provision in Schools ................................................ 57 Motion 301: No Women in Men’s Prisons ..................................................................................... 58 Motion 302: Solidarity with Wales to introduce a Gender Identity Clinic .......................................... 59 Motion 303: Leave the EU? Are EU joking me? ............................................................................. 59 Motion 304: Love and Gender have no borders! ........................................................................... 61 Motion 305: LGBT+ Youth Homeless and the Housing Crisis .......................................................... 61 Motion 306: To campaign for PrEP